German aviator Friedrich Karl von Koenig-Warthausen, 1932. Creator: Unknown.

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German aviator Friedrich Karl von Koenig-Warthausen, 1932. Koenig-Warthausen (1906-1986) made the first solo flight around the world, August 1928-November 1929, in a Klemm with a 20 horse power air-cooled, two-cylinder Daimler-Benz F-7502 boxer engine. He won the Hindenburg Cup, the highest German honour for aeronautical achievement. From "Die Eroberung Der Luft", (The Conquest of the Air), cigarette card album produced by the Garbáty cigarette factory, 1932. Eugene and Moritz Garbáty, who were Jewish, were driven out of business by the Nazis in the late 1930s, and forced to sell their factory which lay empty for over 70 years. [Garbaty Cigarettenfabrik, Berlin-Pankow, 1932]

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